Calls to restore Bukit Besi to its former glory


A diorama showing a person conducting a study to discover the iron ore content in the soil, on display at Muzium Bukit Besi. — Photos: FARID WAHAB/The Star

BUKIT Besi was once a bustling iron ore mining town in Terengganu, before its sharp decline in 1971 when the British company in charge of the operation uprooted its business.

Today, the town in Dungun district is a shell of its former glory and remains just a reminder of the economic height it once reached.

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